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Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline judiciary chief with a brutal human rights record, has won Iran’s controversial presidential election, according to preliminary results announced by the interior ministry Saturday.
The Palestinian Authority has canceled an agreement with Israel that was to have seen at least 1 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine for Covid-19 transferred to the West Bank … Read More
Iranians knew that Trump’s decision to ditch the nuclear deal would backfire. The country’s latest presidential election is a case in point.
Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi on Monday ruled out a meeting with President Joe Biden and called on the US to return to the nuclear deal, in his first international news … Read More
Read CNN’s Fast Facts and learn more about the Islamic Republic of Iran in Central Asia.
United States Marine Corps fighter jets aboard a British aircraft carrier flew combat missions over the Middle East this week — the first time US warplanes have gone into combat … Read More
Read CNN’s Fast Facts about Tzipi Livni, former foreign minister of Israel.
A well-known Palestinian critic of the Palestinian Authority (PA) has died in police custody in Hebron, sparking angry condemnation from leading figures in the West Bank and beyond.
Large demonstrations are being held across the West Bank calling for an end to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Presidency of Mahmoud Abbas, after the funeral of Palestinian activist … Read More
Abu Dhabi will only allow vaccinated people into some public spaces starting August 20, the government media office for the Emirati capital announced in a statement on Monday.
